Gopendra Singh Chouhan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2334 of 2015 • Gopendra Singh Chouhan S/o Late Shri Rameshwar Singh Chouhan, Aged About 45 Years R/o Shanti Nagar Ward (Kushwaha Colony), Jagdalpur, Distt Bastar, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Transport, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur, (Chhattisgarh)

2. Regional Transport Authority, Jagdalpur, District Bastar At Jagdalpur, (Chhattisgarh) ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Shri Santosh Gupta, Advocate For Respondents-State :

Shri S. Majid Ali, PL for the State Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Order On Board 04/01/2016

1. Grievance of the petitioner is that he has moved an application before the respondent on 25.11.2014 for grant of regular stage carrier permit on the route Farsegarh to Bijapur via Somanpalli with one return trip daily.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondent to decide the said application expeditiously.

3. Learned State counsel would submit that the application of the petitioner shall be considered and decided along with all pending applications for the concerned route, in accordance with law and on its own merits as expeditiously as possible.

4. In view of the fact that petitioner's application is pending consideration, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to decide the petitioner's application and all other applications pending before it for the concerned route, within reasonable time.

5. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and the respondent authorities shall decide the matter, on its own merits, strictly in accordance with law, without treating any observation made in this order, as opinion on the merits of the case. Sd/- JUDGE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA ashu